Show HN: I made a litte tool named cowtips for your terminal

2 KML0 0 8/29/2025, 2:09:30 PM github.com ↗

I created a little tool in bash by combining `fortune` and `cowsay` to create cowtips !

This tools aims to help student or Linux beginner with little tips at the start of your terminal.

I was looking for something similar because I am learning by reading again and again the same things and never found something that suits me so I tried to do one ! I think it could helps others, so if you feel the same feel free to contribute or install !

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Show HN: I made a litte tool named cowtips for your terminal

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